Quick!help!

dragonkid1 · 03-22-03, 07:03 PM

ok,so i havent held my snake for about three days,and today i was gonna feed it and i was wondering where it was (so i could put the head of the mouse facing where he would come from) and he wasnt there! so i placed the dead pinkie (which he does eat) on the floor with a heat lamp over it so it would stay warm,i thought i saw it 2 days ago,but i looked again where i thought i saw it and it wasnt there....so i went along with my normal buisness......does anybody know how i can find it? im thinking going out at night with my red night bulb from my leopard geckos cage and go around my room,when he should come out...........god i hope i find him....any one got any tips??????

Zoe · 03-22-03, 07:22 PM

Look in warm, dark, eclosed places. He may be close to the cage, so look everywhere. Start in a corner of the room and work your way to the opposite corner... hopefully you will find him!
Another thing you can do, is take an empty coke bottle and stick a pinkie in it... when the snake is hungry, he'll go into the bottle, eat the pinkie, and probably stay there. Don't forget that a pinkie in an enclosed space in a warm area will rot FAST, so you may waste a few pinkies before one gets eaten.

Good luck!
Zoe

dragonkid1 · 03-22-03, 07:30 PM

thanks i will try the coke bottle.....my family doesnt hold out much hope for him,but i think if there is cover,heat that he is still in the room..........

Zoe · 03-22-03, 07:30 PM

Yeah, I had a house snake escape a long time ago, and she never left the room.

Zoe

dragonkid1 · 03-22-03, 07:31 PM

keep the suggestions coming please

eyespy · 03-22-03, 08:08 PM

I once had a female gartersnake escape and 3 months later there she was crawling across the livingroom floor like nothing ever happened.

She was in good condition, too!

Zoe · 03-22-03, 08:10 PM

http://www.anapsid.org/escapedsnake.html

dragonkid1 · 03-22-03, 08:21 PM

ahhh! crinkily bags! yay! sounds like a good one,that and soada bottle...and eyespy,i remember that case with your garter snake,im glad everything turned out ok..........

dragonkid1 · 03-23-03, 07:33 AM

welll,night one of my looking is over....i fell asleep for 30 minuets,and i stayed up the rest of the night,and no sign of it......didnt even touch the pinkie in the bottle.....do you think its still in my room???

snakemann87 · 03-23-03, 08:04 AM

just DO NOT limit your places to look to dark, warm areas. My ball python was found under my moms dresser and when i pulled him out he was VERY cold. Look everywhere possible, no matter how hard it would be to believe he theres, they can go pretty much anywhere if they're small. Heres an example, my ball is twice as thick as the seperation of the bars.

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here are some things you could try: sprinkle flour over your carpet to look for snake tracks in the morning, set up army men all over the rooms, get a box and leave food in it, give him access to his cage

eyespy · 03-23-03, 09:30 AM

Look in every soft or dark place you can think of. Take your dresser drawers out and look between your clothing. Snakes can often get under the dresser and then into the drawers from underneath.

Look in between and inside the clothes hanging in the closet, inside your shoes if it's a juvenile, inside the corners of fitted sheets, inside your pillowcases, etc. Put some heat lamps in your room aimed into empty corners with a shoebox or somethine nearby for your snake to curl into. Don't put a pinkie bottle directly under the light unless you enjoy "interesting" smells but put it nearby.

Check all the electric cords in your room. Snakes seem to like climbing them like they are vines or something.

Look inside baseboards or heat vents or inside and underneath your radiator. Your snake will be drawn to anything warm. Likewise check around computers, stereos, etc. that warm up when they are on.

dragonkid1 · 03-23-03, 10:31 AM

thanks guys,yea my snake is still a juvi.....13 inches long...man,something that small,so many places to hide....im gona go take my room apart

dragonkid1 · 03-23-03, 01:37 PM

will it eat crickets? if i set them loose in my room? just for like the time when i am searching for it,just enough to hold it over?cause i have some geckos..and i got plenty of crickets and i can *accidentally* drop some.......

dragonkid1 · 03-24-03, 08:01 AM

eyespy-how long was your garter gone for?

eyespy · 03-24-03, 09:46 AM

3 months, and she was still a good size when I found her!! Snakes can put their metabolism on a slow boil in absence of food and do pretty well with long fasts as long as their body fat has a decent reserve.

Good luck with your search and try not to worry. There's a sort of Zen to finding lost snakes. You find them quite often when you are sitting quietly and not actively seeking them.